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No. 626,7l4. Patented lune I3, I899.

- A. McHUGH.

TOBACCO POUCH.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1898.)

UVVEN TOR WITNESS elevation of my improved device.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. MOI-IUGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 626,714, dated June 13, 1899.

Application filed October 19, 1898. Serial No. 693,997. (No modelb To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MOHUGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,-) county of Kings, and

State of New York, have invented certain.

new and .useful Improvements in Tobacco- .Pouches, of which thefollowing is a specifi- The invention will be hereinafter fully de-' scribed, and specifically set forth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation taken on the line a: as of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the operation of the device.

In the practice of my invention I. use an ordinary flexible bag or pouch A, composed of canvas or other suitable material. This said bag is preferably open at each end, the bottom opening thereof having arubber band secured thereto, whereby close contact is maintained with the groove 2) of the remov able bottom plate B. This plate is designed to receive an advertisement, or it may be roughened for the purpose of scratching matches. The top opening of the bag contains a drawing-string C for fastening the bag around the conical discharge tube D. This said discharge-tube comprises two normally-closed jaws cl and d, the jaw d acting as a channel for discharging the tobacco and the jaw 01 acting as a means for maintaining the device in a normally-closed condition to prevent waste of the tobacco should the pouch be accidentally inverted while it is being carried in the pocket or otherwise handled. The jaws d and d are hinged to each other by means of a pin E, which is provided with loops 6 upon each end thereof. These said loops contact with the edge of the pouch-opening to prevent the conical discharge-tube D from slipping down into the pouch, and it is ob vious that the conical shape of said tube prevents the same from accidentally leaving the pouch after the drawing-string O is tightly fastened. The jaws d and d are normally maintained in closed condition by means of the bow-spring F, and to open the jaws it is simply necessary to press the lower ends thereof toward each other. This can be done by grasping the pouch and squeezing the same with the thumb and fingers, as illustrated by Fig. 3 of the drawings. A

The operation of the device is obvious, it

being simply necessary to open the jaws and invert or partially invert the bag. The tobacco can be discharged in any desired quan-' tity, and the jaws will instantaneously and automatically close as soon as pressure is released therefrom. By the use of this device a person can readily fill his pipe or even a cigarette-cylinder without the necessity of wasting a grain of tobacco.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a discharge-nozzle for bags, the combination of two spring-actuated jaws forming in conjunction a cone, and a rod forming a hinge for the jaws and having extensions on the ends thereof for engagement with the edge of' a bag-outlet, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of October, 1898.

JAMES A. MoHUGH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. ROCHE, DENNIS SHERIDAN. 

